[Boatanchors] power plug problem

Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:07:36 -0400

Thanks Jerry and all who gave me some great suggestions.
73, Dick KF4NS
St. Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
Keep the glow!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Kincade" <[email protected]>
To: "R.J. Keller" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] power plug problem

| Hi Dick,
| I'd clean and degrease the contacts of both the male and female
halves first
| before I'd try anything mechanical. Drop by a local gun shop and
pick up a
| can of Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber (1,1,1 Trichloroethane in a
spray can).
| Shoot it on the pins and into the female half (do it outside) and I
suspect
| your problem will go away. It will evaporate in about 10 seconds,
and leaves
| zero residue. This stuff will instantly and totally clean *anything*
off
| metal surfaces, including that slick super contact lube that's built
into
| Deoxit. Besides, if you don't have a can of this stuff around the
shop you
| need to get some anyway!
| 73, Jerry W5KP
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "R.J. Keller" <[email protected]>
| To: <[email protected]>
| Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 2:05 PM
| Subject: [Boatanchors] power plug problem
|
|
| > Ok people, I need to get some ideeas. My power plug on the Drake
TR4C
| > (called a "Jones plug" I think?) used to be just fine until I
decided
| > to clean all the contacts with Deoxit and now the darn thing won't
| > quit falling out of the rig. I worked my brain almost to death but
| > cannot come up with a solution. I am afraid to give a twist with
the
| > needle nose on each contact for fear of breaking off one or more
(a
| > trick I have used all my life on AC plugs).
| > HELP! (nobody answered my post on Drake)
| > 73, Dick KF4NS
| > St. Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
| > Keep the glow!
| >
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